Small: Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it
Max Planck
"Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view"
Max Planck, Scientist
Small: Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the
Emil Nolde
"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"
Emil Nolde, Artist
Small: Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: We have art in order not to die of the truth
Friedrich Nietzsche
"We have art in order not to die of the truth"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too
Friedrich Nietzsche
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame
Friedrich Nietzsche
"In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you
Friedrich Nietzsche
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver
Friedrich Nietzsche
"This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instructio
Friedrich Nietzsche
"There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: The most common lie is that which one lies to himself lying to others is relatively an exception
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: The lie is a condition of life
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The lie is a condition of life"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think
Friedrich Nietzsche
"I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight
Friedrich Nietzsche
"God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispe
Friedrich Nietzsche
"For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future
Adolf Hitler
"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and
Adolf Hitler
"The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: If I love you, what business is it of yours?
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest deg
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Everybody wants to be somebody nobody wants to grow
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Death is a commingling of eternity with time in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Precaution is better than cure
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Precaution is better than cure"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: I call architecture frozen music
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"I call architecture frozen music"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the
Albert Schweitzer
"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings
Albert Schweitzer
"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation
Albert Schweitzer
"Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot c
Albert Schweitzer
"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight
Albert Schweitzer
"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will
Albert Schweitzer
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as somethi
Albert Schweitzer
"Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed
Albert Einstein
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it
Albert Einstein
"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion
Albert Einstein
"The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better
Albert Einstein
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized
Albert Einstein
"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
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